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Bemusement as Times reports Grouse Shooting ‘brings different classes together’
"So did child chimney sweeps and slavery," wrote one Twitter user.
Climate emergency: ‘Code red for humanity’ as Thunberg urges world to ‘be brave’
“Global heating is affecting every region on Earth, with many of the changes becoming irreversible," the UN Secretary General has said.
Angry comments as Minister suggests people who work from home are ‘watching TV’
"Unlike this tory minister some of us have quotas, targets and deadlines to meet," wrote one Twitter user.
NHS: Staff in ‘vicious circle’ of staff shortages and exhaustion as service at ‘crisis point’
"We are seeing increasing amounts of sickness – we’re seeing staff burned out after working intensively for so many months, we’re seeing increasing number of people off with mental health problems, as well as issues around Covid," said Dr Layla McCay.
Reactions as Mail journalist backs PM’s claim that Thatcher was an Eco-Warrior
"The Mail on Sunday. Where truth goes to die," wrote one Twitter user.
Brexit: Business leader’s letter to PM unanswered as Army ‘ready to help tackle food shortages’
He said: “The real issue is the complete lack of strategic planning. From our perspective, there has been none whatsoever.”
Greece burns as new UN report to sets out stark reality of climate crisis as ‘unequivocal, unprecedented’
Without immediate, rapid and large-scale cuts to greenhouse gas pollution, limiting warming to 1.5C will be beyond reach, scientists say.
Army HGV drivers ‘ready to help tackle UK’s food shortages’
But around 2,000 military drivers are set to attempt replacing a huge shortage of 100,000 lorry drivers, previously made up mainly of Eastern Europeans.
UK private Covid test providers investigated for ‘exploitative behaviour’
Government-approved private test providers are under investigation following reports of several failures to protect travellers.